LITERATURE QUESTIONS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
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the author’s main idea
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the author’s suspense
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the author’s lesson
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the author’s purpose
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Detailed explanation-1: -The term theme can be defined as the underlying meaning of a story. It is the message the writer is trying to convey through the story. Often the theme of a story is a broad message about life. The theme of a story is important because a story’s theme is part of the reason why the author wrote the story.
Detailed explanation-2: -Theme is the main or central idea in a literary work. It is the unifying element of a story. A theme is not a summary of characters or events. Rather, it is the controlling idea or central insight of the story.
Detailed explanation-3: -The central theme of “The Lesson” is economic inequality. The theme is highlighted by the children’s visit to one of New York’s most expensive toy stores.
Detailed explanation-4: -A theme is an important idea that is woven throughout a story. It’s not the plot or the summary, but something a little deeper. A theme links a big idea about our world with the action of a text.
Detailed explanation-5: -An author’s message is the “big idea” of the text or a part of the text. It is what the author wants the reader to learn or take away from reading the text. There may be more than one message in a text. A life lesson: The moral, or lesson, that stories like fables are trying to teach readers.